Radiator attachment.



R. E. NGAL.

RADIATOR ATTACHMEN.

APPLICATION min ocT.15. 1915.

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R. E. TNGAL.

RADIATOR ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED ocr. l5. 1915.

,QM ,@9- ,Patented sept. 25, 1917.

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ROBERT E. INGAL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RADIATOR ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 191'?.

Application filed October 15, 1915. Serial No. 56,112.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. INGAL, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of Chicago, county ofCook, and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in RadiatorAttachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in radiator attachments, and hasfor its object the provision of a construction of this character adaptedto be positioned on an ordinary steam or hot water radiator to improvethe quality of the air circulating thereover.

They invention consists in the combinations and arrangements of partshereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanyingdrawin forming a part of this specication, and in which- Figure 1 is atop plan view, with portions removed and others broken away, of anattachment embodying my invention,

Fig. 2, a'longitudinal section of the same shown in position of use, andtaken on line 2 2 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, a similar section taken on line 3--3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4, a transverse section of the attachment, and

Fig. 5, a rear elevation of the same.

The preferred form of construction, as illustrated in the drawings,comprises a rectan lar vessel 6 having a water pan 7 forme along oneside thereof, the other side of said vessel being provided with anopening 8 traversed by a reinforcing bar 9. A screen 10 is arranged inopening 8 and is supported on bar 9 and lugs 11, as indicated. Thevessel 6 is provided with an opening 12 in the side opposite the opening8, this opening 12 being also covered by a screen 13. The vessel 6 isprovided with a removable cover 14 and with depending ianges or` aprons15 around its lower ed es adapted to it over the sides and ends 0% anordinary radiator 16 and maintain the vessel in position on saidradiator. A depending guard or apron 17 is attached to the rear side ofvessel 6 and is adapted to t between the radiator 16y and an adjoiningwall 18, said guard serving to protect the wall and to 1nsure againstover-tipping of the vessel.

In use the pan 7 is supplied with a suitable q uantity of water and thevessel is pos1- tloned on top of the radiator with the guard 17interposed between the radiator and the adjoining wall in which positionthe opening 12 is in the outer side of the vessel. By th1s arrangement,the upwardly Howing air heated by the radiator 16 will pass upwardlythrough the opening 8 over the water in pan 7 and out through theopening 12, thus absorbing a suitable quantity of moisture for breathingpurposes. The combined action of the screens 10 and 13, and the water inthe pan 7 serve to eliminate dust from the alr.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form ofconstruction for carrying my invention into effect, this is capable ofvariation and modification without departing from the spirit of theinvention. I,

therefore, do not wish to be limited to the,

precise details of construction setY forth, but desire to avail myselfof such variations and modications as come within the scope of theappended claims.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described com# prising a vessel arranged to bepositioned on top of a radiator, there being an opening in the bottom ofsaid vessel extendlng along one side thereof; a water pan occupying theother side of the bottom of said vessel; a reinforcing and supportingbar traversing sald openlng; a screen arranged over said opening andresting on said bar; and a screened opening in the side of said vesselabove said water pan opposite the opening in the bottom thereof,substantially as described.

2. A device of the class described comprising a vessel arranged to bepositioned on top of a radiator, there being an opening in the bottom ofsaid vessel. extending along one side thereof; a water pan occupying theother side of the bottom of said vessel; a remforcing and supporting bartraversing Vso g i p 1,241,389

said opening; a screen arranged over said In testimony whereof havesigned my y' opening and resting on said bar; a screened name to thisspecification in the presence of opening in the side of said vesselabove said -two `subscribing witnesses. I. water pan opposite theopening in the bot- ROBERT E. INGAL.. tom thereof; and a depending apronon said Witnesses: vessel on the side opposite said screened J osfrUA R.H. Po'1'rs, opening, substantially as described. HEImN F. LILLIS.

